Overalls



(No ModeL) C. W. THIES OVBRALLS.

510,600,936, Patented Marzz, 1898.

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l CARL W. TIIIES, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,936, dated March 22, 1898. Application filed April 19, 1897. Serial No. 632,807. (No model.)

.To 1f/ZZ whom. it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, CARL W. TI-IIES, of Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota., have invented certain Improvements in Overalls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in overalls, its object being to provide an improved waist tightening and securing attachment, adapted also to serve as a drawers-snpporter.

To this end my invention consists of a garment provided with a vertical slit or opening on each side through the waistband and extending a sufficient distance down the leg to permit the garment to be expanded, so as to readily pass over the hips. These openings are closed and the waistband tightened by means of a strap permanently secured to one edge of the opening and adapted to be passed through an opening in the opposite edge and the end` folded back and buttoned upon the first edge. This strap also serves to support the drawers by being first passed through the loop upon the waistband and then through the opening in the opposite edge of the opening of the overalls.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of a pair of overalls with the strap buttoned in place, and Fig. 2 is a detail showing the manner in which the strap is Vconnected to the drawers and serves as their support.

In the drawings, A represents the overalls, and B the drawers. Each side of the overalls is formed with a slit or opening 2, downward from the top, permitting the two edges or flaps 3 and 4t to be opened or drawn apart to expand the waistband, allowing it to pass over the hips. These edges or flaps are then drawn together by means of the strap 5, permanently secured, preferably, to the inside of the waistband in the rear of the opening, the free end being passed through the opening 6 in the front edge or flap and then folded back and detachably secured by means of the button 7 to the rear flap. To serve as a drawers-support, the strap is first passed over, through, and under the loop 8 on the waistband 9 of the drawers, and thence through the opening-6 to be secured.

I claiml. As an improved article of manufacture, a pair of overalls, formed with a Vertical slit on the side extending from the top down, and provided with a strap permanently attached to the inside of the garment upon one side of said slit, the garment upon the opposite side of the slit being formed with an opening, whereby said strap may be passed through the drawers-loop and carried through said opening in the garment, and the means for detachably securing the end of the strap to the exterior of the garment.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a pair of overalls, formed with a vertical slit on one side extending from the top down, and provided with a strap permanently attached to the inside of the garment upon one side of said slit, said garment being provided with an'opening through which said strap is adapted to be passed after being passed through the drawers-loop, and the means for detachably securing the free end of the strap to the outside of the garment.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CARL w. THIns.

Witnesses:

H. S. JOHNSON, MINNIE L. THAUWA'LD. 

